§ 73. Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of civilians brought on to the Ordnance Survey in August, 1931, to augment the staff for the purpose of expediting the work of that Department consequent upon the land valuation proposals passed into Law last year by the late Government; the number whose services were dispensed with in January of this year; the number of Royal Engineer officers added to the strength of the Ordnance Survey during the above period; and the number whose services are still retained in that Department?
§ The MINISITER of AGRICULTURE (Sir John Gilmour)The numbers asked for by the hon. Member are, respectively, 46, 46, 1 and 1.